Jacopo's Vines: Reviving Tradition in Valsamoggia

Amid the rolling hills of Valsamoggia, nestled between orchards and woods, Jacopo tends to just three hectares of vines—land that pulses with history, diversity, and quiet resilience. With a deep respect for the land and its traditions, Jacopo has taken on the task of reviving abandoned vineyards, nurturing them back to life through the lens of the old Italian vignaiolo, the traditional farmer-winemaker.

These vineyards are more than just rows of grapes—they’re living ecosystems. Interwoven with fruit trees and wild flora, Jacopo’s land blends the roles of vineyard and orchard, reflecting an agricultural tradition that favors biodiversity over monoculture. Some of the vines have surpassed a century in age, their roots tangled in soils of clay, limestone, and scattered stones, and their tendrils climbing into the forest canopy.

This diverse, untamed terrain—set at elevations between 200 and 300 meters—imparts a distinctive minerality to Jacopo’s wines. But it’s not just the soil that defines his bottles. It's the astonishing variety of grapes, more than twenty in total, many of them local or forgotten, coexisting in what Jacopo lovingly calls his open-air grape library.

Jacopo’s vineyard philosophy is one of non-intervention and deep observation. Every step of cultivation is done by hand. The soil is left undisturbed, and no synthetic treatments are used. His approach embraces the natural complexity of the vineyard, where diversity isn't just preserved—it’s celebrated. For Jacopo, each variety has a voice, and the magic happens when those voices blend in harmony.

This ethos continues into the cellar. In keeping with Italian tradition, Jacopo practices the field blend: all grapes are harvested, fermented, and aged together. There are no additives, no filtration, and no corrections. The wine, he says, is made in the vineyard. The cellar simply gives it space to speak.

The result? Wines that are layered, wild, and nourishing—true reflections of the place they come from and the hands that shape them. In every bottle, Jacopo captures not only the flavor of the land but the quiet conviction that preserving tradition and biodiversity is the way forward.